Les nuits contestataires des néo-charbonniers du Vercors : un chronotope forestier au service d’une hétérotopie by Christophe Baticle, Philippe Hanus

“…For around two decades the charcoal burning festivals of the Vercors have been bringing together a group of individuals – with libertarian and/or ecologist aspirations – for the space of a few weeks to produce an unusual chronotope with the support of the local inhabitants: the erection then carbonisation of a charcoal pit in the forest, around which will be added the village of the “neo-wood colliers” and the festive infrastructures according to the rhythm furnished by the progress of the combustion, in the fashion of a heterotopia contesting daytime life in the valley. …”
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Delayed Migration of a WallFlex Enteral Stent Resulting in Jejunal Perforation by Phillip S. Ge, Rabindra R. Watson, David C. Chen, V. Raman Muthusamy

“…Enteral stents are increasingly utilized to palliate malignant gastrointestinal obstruction; however, they can be associated with significant complications. We describe an unusual case of a 67-year-old male with gastric adenocarcinoma who underwent placement of a WallFlex metallic enteral stent to relieve a malignant gastric outlet obstruction. …”
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Pulmonary Limited MPO-ANCA Microscopic Polyangiitis and Idiopathic Lung Fibrosis in a Patient with a Diagnosis of IgA Nephropathy by Alwin Tilanus, Patricia Van der Niepen, Caroline Geers, Karl Martin Wissing

“…This unique case illustrates the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of an unusual presentation of microscopic polyangiitis presenting first as isolated kidney disease with recurrence in the form of pneumonitis without renal involvement, in association with renal IgA deposits and ITP as coexisting autoimmune conditions.…”
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Atypical presentation of anorexia nervosa pediatric patient: A multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management by Zainab Al Masseri, Afnan Aljawad, Zahrah Alkashi, Nadeer Albaik

“…This case report describes the complex presentation, diagnostic problems, and multidisciplinary therapy of a 13-year-old Syrian girl with an unusual form of anorexia nervosa (AN). The goal is to improve understanding of AN’s varied clinical spectrum while emphasizing the significance of a complete diagnostic approach and multidisciplinary therapy in juvenile cases. …”
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The Rare Coincidence: Nonrecurrent Laryngeal Nerve Pointed by a Zuckerkandl's Tubercle by Emin Gurleyik, Sami Dogan, Omer Gunal, Mevlut Pehlivan

“…Anatomical and embryological variations of the inferior laryngeal nerve (ILN), of the thyroid gland itself and unusual relations between ILN and the gland threaten operation security are discussed. …”
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Subcutaneous Sarcoidosis during Pegylated Interferon Alfa and Ribavirin Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C by R. Rodríguez-Lojo, M. Almagro, J. M. Barja, F. Piñeyro, L. Pérez-Varela, J. Del Pozo, M. T. Yebra-Pimentel, E. Fonseca

“…We report a new case of sarcoidosis during pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin treatment with an unusual presentation in a woman with previous episodes of erythema nodusum and nodular vasculitis related to HCV.…”
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Metastases to the Thyroid Presenting as a Metabolically Inactive Incidental Thyroid Nodule with Stable Size in 15 Months by Subhashini Yaturu, Raina A. Patel

“…Though the thyroid gland has a rich vascular supply, incidence of metastatic disease from distant organs is rare. Here we present an unusual case of metastases to the thyroid with several interesting features. …”
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“Looks Can Be Deceiving”: Adrenal Teratoma Causing Diagnostic Difficulty by Mehwash Nadeem, Muhammad Hammad Ather, M. Nasir Sulaiman, Shahid Pervez

“…Teratomas are unusual tumours that derived from totipotent cells with their origin from more than one or usually all three germ cells. …”
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REVISITING THE MECHANISMS OF FUNCTIONING OF THE ARTISTIC SPACE OF AN OLD EGYPTIAN PRIVATE TOMB by Fedor I. Kulikov

“…Moreover, a large image of the nobleman is valuable not only as an image itself, but also as a set of necessary attributes that allow one to engage in “contemplating” on the images corresponding to these attributes. A new unusual variant of correlation has been identified by depicting a nobleman without the required attribute, however in a certain pose in which this attribute is usually present. …”
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Gas Expansion Three Days after Pars Plana Vitrectomy with Sulfur Hexafluoride 20% Tamponade following Carbon Monoxide Toxicity and Oxygen Therapy by Mojtaba Abrishami, Mehrdad Motamed Shariati, Ali Bolouki, Ghodsieh Zamani

“…Purpose. To report an unusual case of gas expansion following oxygen therapy in a patient with sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) 20% tamponade after pars plana vitrectomy. …”
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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy with Atypical Symptoms: A Rare Case of Tongue Fasciculation and Facial Muscle Weakness by Shafiq ur Rehman, Saba Zaidi, Mahzareen

“… This case report presents a 55-year-old man, with a history of hypertension, who developed an unusual and atypical presentation of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). …”
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Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Leading to Abdominal Wall Mass in Young Patient by Mohadeseh Karimi, Ali AtashAbParvar

“…Due to the high number of cases of TB and the development of extrapulmonary forms that can present in an unusual location as an abdominal wall which are difficult to diagnose, it is very important to keep in mind the differential diagnosis of tuberculosis.…”
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Bilateral Facial Palsy in Rapidly Progressive Course of Wegener’s Granulomatosis: A Case Report by Anna Roszkowska, Monika Morawska-Kochman, Hanna Temporale, Małgorzata Sikorska-Żuk, Tomasz Kręcicki

“…The objective of our report was to describe the unusual course of Wegener’s granulomatosis with the bilateral facial nerve paralysis, which subsided after application of steroids and immunosuppressive therapy in combination with surgical treatment. …”
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Root Canal Treatment of Mandibular Second Premolar with Three Separate Roots and Canals Using Spiral Computed Tomographic by V. P. Hariharavel, A. Ashok Kumar, C. Ganesh, Sankar Annamalai, Kavitha Ramar, R. Aravindhan

“…This paper reports an unusual case of a mandibular second premolar with atypical canal pattern that was successfully treated endodontically.…”
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Intralabyrinthine Schwannoma Mimicking Posterior Canalithiasis by Jonathan Olsgård Hansen, Niels Cramer West, Per Cayé-Thomasen

“…As hearing loss was not developed until late in the disease course, the patient was not properly diagnosed until magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intralabyrinthine schwannoma, which was not discovered on earlier imaging. In addition to the unusual clinical presentation, we describe the audio-vestibular profile of our patient. …”
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Interaction between bacterial adhesins leads to coaggregation by the oral bacteria Veillonella parvula and Streptococcus gordonii by Jack C. Leo

“…ABSTRACT Veillonella parvula is an unusual diderm firmicute that plays a central role in the formation of dental biofilm formation through coaggregation with many other oral bacteria. …”
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Association of Immune Thrombocytopenia and T-Lymphoblastic Lymphoma in a Pediatric Patient by Ryan A. Denu, Daniel R. Matson, Matthew J. Davis, Natalie J. Tedford, Christine E. Brichta, Carol A. Diamond, Margo L. Hoover-Regan

“…This case highlights an unusual co-occurrence of hematologic malignancy and chronic ITP in an otherwise healthy child. …”
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Cerebral vein thrombosis as the initial presentation of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML) by Fizza Zulfiqar, Noora Khadoori, Lisa Deptula, Geetha Krishnamoorthy

“…It is important for clinicians to be aware that occurrence of unusual thromboembolism may herald APML.…”
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Latero-cervical Thymic Cyst Diagnosed in Adulthood by Karel Borroto Martínez, Yoanna Ramírez Fernández, Miguel Angel Acosta Suárez

“…In adults are extremely unusual and since first described by Lane in 1960, only about 36 cases have been published. …”
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Systemic Steroid Treatment for Severe Expanding Pneumococcal Pneumonia by Eran Lavi, David Shoseyov, Natalia Simanovsky, Rebecca Brooks

“…There is no available data regarding the use of steroids in CAP in children. We present an unusual case of a child with severe respiratory distress, on the brink of mechanical ventilation, due to a rapidly expanding pneumococcal pneumonia. …”
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